It was probably the brightest moment of a young parents’ life when their dying from meningitis three-week-old baby started breathing after his life support had been switched off. The child became seriously ill right after the birth and had to be taken to a hospital, where he was resuscitated and diagnosed with meningitis.
His father, a 23-years-old Adam Ellmer, said that the news kept varying all the time and the couple didn’t know what to think or how to feel. "Our boy was on the high dependency ward and doctors said it would go one of two ways. He could stay in the hospital if he got better or would need to go to Sheffield Children's Hospital if he got worse. 10 or 15 minutes later they said he needed to be moved." Doctors admitted they were unable to save baby’s life after two CT scans and the parents had to to take him to a peaceful place to spend final days with their beloved one. But miraculously an infant refused to give up and started breathing without a machine leaving all the family speechless and immobilized for more than 20 minutes. “It was literally the happiest moment of our lives”, said his 20-year-old mother miss Baker describing the moment their child began breathing for himself. “After that, we couldn't wait to come home. It was like bringing him back for the first time all over again”, she added. Boy’s illness has left him deaf in his right ear and with mild cerebral palsy but now aged six months, he is otherwise developing normally. Voice of Russia, Telegraph.co.uk. Source: Voice Of Russia
